Hey everyone it took me awhile to type this next chaper but shcool is really beating down on me. Please forgives me. Well i hope you like this chapter its still not all that exciting but the next chapter will be better; cheer and football practice and the gang expirences normal classes please read and review with comments, ideas, etc of and sorry for grammar/spelling stuff

Recruiting

It had been interesting, the meeting yesterday that is. I had no idea that when we had been pulled out of taijutsu class and working with Gai sensei and surely exhausting my self for the rest of the day that we would only be walking into something that was going to exhaust all of us for an entire week. Not everyone had taken it this way of course; no it really seemed to be me and very possibly the sensei. Lee had been immediately taken by the idea but he would take to anything that Gai sensei approved of and trust me he approved. It showed on his face when he had left the auditorium skipping and singing about youth. Neji's opinion was about as similar to mine as it got. He found the whole thing pointless and a waste of his time. The girls all thought it was going to be fun and really I did too but the idea of faking the identity of the entire student body for a week; just the thought of it was tiring. I hoped that when I got to school that Tsunade would have come up with some way to ease the situation but that didn't happen.

"Tenten, get over here now" Ino shouted from across the room. The homerooms were set up so that students would be with their team and two others of their age group and two to three teams for the other three age groups. Tenten had been lucky enough to be with all her friends in homeroom, well yeah you could call it lucky as long as it wasn't one of those days. She only saw them twice more during the school day.

"Hey guys" Tenten took a seat with the other three girls and they dove into conversation about the coming week.

"Okay so what is normal school like exactly?" Ino asked "I always thought we were normal and now I find out were not"

"Well I looked it up last night on my lap top" Sakura started. The other girls rolled their eyes. Sakura likes to know stuff and when she doesn't know something she attaches herself to a book or her lap top until she knows everything on the topic. But we all have are bad habits and they left it with the eye roll. "Tsunade was thrilled that I got the information like classes, and teams and clubs. She said she would be able to use it to figure out what exactly we are doing"

"So these different classes, what are they?" Tenten asked.

"Well different schools offer different classes but they all seem to have a lot in common. Math class is one, that's numbers and stuff obviously" The pink haired girl started counting off on her fingers. "English(or the Japanese equivalent to English) where you learn reading and writing skills" another finger "History class but we have that, and they have different options for science classes but biology is like the study of living things, chemistry is dealing with chemicals and earth science is like environmental stuff"

"How long did it take you to research all that?" Hinata asked slightly amazed with the girl's ability to memorize so much stuff in so little time.

"I just looked it all up during my assistant time with Tsunade." She didn't seem bothered at all that that was only about an hour's time.

"Alrighty then does that mean we have to pretend like we can't read and write or add because I've known how to do that for a really long time" Ino said.

"Well I think they, normal students, know how to read and write but they study it more thoroughly is all" Sakura explained. Their conversation was cut off at this point by a bell ringing through the school announcing the start of homeroom, a thing ever school has. The brown haired man sitting at the front of the room behind the desk looked up from the stack of papers in front of him. They gave details of next week's plans that he was supposed to explain to the students.

"Good morning everyone"

"Good morning Iruka sensei" The replied in a bored way.

"I am sure all your minds are still running laps around the information you received yesterday and it turns out they are not getting a break because this is going to be pretty confusing." He started up and down the rows passing out the packets of information to each of them. "Tsunade wants you to read this its goes into the most detail. I am to actually tell you a few things though" He picked up a piece of paper on his desk.

"We have to prepare the look of the school. Tsunade mentioned that you would be recruited for teams and clubs. We have already got orders going for equipment and similar items. She is going to have some of the better of you boys recruited for football" he said the word almost questionably while staring at the paper. "It says that you will learn the quickest. It also says some of you girls will be doing cheerleading and both boys and girls will be learning to play instruments for the marching band" They flipped through their packets searching for details on each group. The only exception being Sakura who had printed out the packets with the cute little pictures to make them seem less intimidating. The girls scanned over the paragraph on cheerleading.

Cheerleaders are usually a group of girls (and occasionally boys) who are meant to spread spirit for a team that they are supporting by performing chants and dance routines. Though it seems to be easy, cheerleading is a competitive sport and evolves great amounts of athletic abilities. Next to the description was a picture of two girls in matching uniforms of pleaded skirts and vest cut tops, sneakers and bushy things (pompoms) in their hands. Both were smiling.

"I don't think I want to be asked to cheerlead, I think I would feel uncomfortable" Hinata whispered to them. Poor modest little Hinata even if she was willing to participate in it she wouldn't be able to let her father known. Tenten was almost sure that he wouldn't approve of oldest daughter dancing around in front of the school.

"I'm with you Hinata" she agreed personal she didn't want to dance around in front of the student body in a short little skirt.

"Other then that there is also the whole spirit week thing going on. The last page of you packet explains it. Everyday you dress up to a different theme to show school spirit. Monday is Mixed-up Messed-up Monday" he was still looking at the paper as if it might have been a joke. "It says dress the opposite of how you would normally. Okay so just read through the packet and if you have any other questions, ask" Iruka himself sat down and reread his copy of the packet still unsure of it all.

"You know this actually sounds like it might be fun" Ino said happily.

"Are you really going to dress up, Ino?" Tenten asked her.

"Well of course and so are all of you" She said with out giving it a second thought.

"And what makes you think we will?" Sakura asked her blonde haired friend who just smirked and gave a mysterious reply.

"I know things about all of you that you wouldn't want spreading around school" They didn't question her farther but agreed to dress up and would discuss the details later.

"So what about the boys, you think they're going to get into the spirit?" Sakura asked looked around the room at the boys they called their friends. Naruto, Lee and Kiba were talking loudly together while Sasuke, Neji and Shino sat in silence next to them reading the papers in front of them. Shikamaru and Chouji were only half listening to their conversation.

"Well those three defiantly will" Tenten said referring to the loud mouths. "Chouji and Shikmaru might but that's really Ino's guess and as for Neji, Shino and Sasuke there's not a chance in the world." The girls giggled in agreement.

"They will probably all be asked to take part in the football thing though" Hinata said "The whole group of them are very talented"

"I'm sure they will but getting them to agree might not come out so well" Again a bell rang through the school and they hopped up to go to their next classes. Tenten nodded goodbye to the girls and joined Neji and Lee on their way to Genjutsu which they had first period.

"Hey guys" She stepped between the two and walked in step between them.

"Good Morning Tenten" Lee greeted her and dove immediately into conversation with her about spirit week.

"I will show my youthfulness by dressing up everyday" Tenten laughed at him.

"Do you actually own anything other then those green suits of yours" Lee stopped as Neji and Tenten walked on. Neji smirked. Tenten looked over her shoulder "Don't worry we'll figure something out" They walked into class and took their seats. Kurenai sensei talked them through half of class and the second half was left to practicing what they had learned; except Lee who Kurenai had given other work to do. Class was interrupted by Shizune when she walked in and politely asked for many of the boys in the class to come speak with her in the hallway. Along the list were both Neji and Lee and Tenten knew it must be for the football. She had read in the packet that the whole thing was optional and Tenten was thinking Neji wasn't going to go for having to learn something completely unrelated to his ninja training and would opt-out of it. She would think correctly. The boys reentered the classroom, Lee was bugging Neji about not participating.

"But Neji it would be showing youthful support for your school" Lee complained as they took their seats next to Tenten.

"NO!" Neji was annoyed now.

"Lee I think you better just give it up" Tenten tried to reason with him "But I do think if he were to cooperate he would do quite well with the whole thing" Neji ignored her comment and went back to his work. Tenten smiled and packed her stuff up for her next class.

Kunoichi Class

Tenten walked into her next class and took a seat with her friends again. Other then homeroom and lunch this was the only time she really got to see them during school. "Hey"

"Hey Tenten" The three said together.

"So did Neji and Lee get drafted on to the football team?" Ino asked "The rest of the guys did last period."

"Yeah and as expected Lee was thrilled and Neji refused"

"Naruto and Sasuke were the same way, Naruto was ready to start learning how to play in the middle of class and Sasuke didn't change his mind about not playing until class ended." Sakura said as her bright green eyes scanned the bored and copied down the notes into her pink notebook. This class was of course only for the female ninja and was to teach them the many tricks of being a good kunoichi. Today's lesson was table manners for undercover missions.

"What changed his mind?" Tenten asked her. She had pulled out her purple notebook to copy the notes as well.

"Sakura and Ino teased him about how Naruto was going to be better at something then him" Hinata said. Ino and Sakura smiled remembering the look on his face.

"Alright girls!" Anko happened to be the kunoichi class teacher and everyone jumped as her loud voice echoed through the room. "Before we start the lesson Tsunade wanted me to inform you that she choose this class to be the school's cheerleaders" she smirked at them "she also said it was optional but as you are my class I am making it required" The girls eyes widened. They wanted to ask how she could do that but this was Anko sensei we were talking about and no one dared cross her. "Now set the tables so we can begin."

They rushed around the room setting up the tables and talking. "I don't want to be a cheerleader" Tenten said as she and Ino set the plates down.

"Well it doesn't look like you or Hinata have much of a choice." Ino replied. "It'll be fun though everyone is doing something, the guys are playing football, we'll be cheerleading and I bet you could convince Neji to participate."

"Yeah right like that'll ever happen" Tenten told her "It won't, he's not going to listen to me" she continued when Ino had given her that look like she didn't believe her.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that" Sakura said as she and Hinata followed them with the silverware. "If he was going to listen to anyone it would be you"

"Why though? Why do you think he would listen to me?"

"He likes you"

"I already told you guys he doesn't like me"

"Okay that's what you say and even if you're right"

"Which I am" She interrupted

"He still likes you more then anyone else around here" Tenten had to admit that that was true "and I think that if you tried you could change his mind don't you girls agree" Hinata and Sakura nodded their heads.

"You're all in this together" Tenten sighed and took a seat in front of one of the table settings.

"So are you going to try and change his mind?" Hinata asked. They stared her down.

"Fine okay I'll try but its not going to work" they smiled at her and began their kunoichi lesson.

Later that day

Tenten wasn't sure how she was going to convince Neji to go along with the team thing. First of all he was a rather independent person and only worked with a team when a situation called for it. She had watched Lee try, and fail, to convince him but the girls had a point. She was the one who didn't annoy him, sure she teased him on occasion but he never got really mad at her. She saw Neji walking down the hall and hurried to catch up to him.

"Hey" She greeted as her steps fell in sink with his.

"Hn."

"I was just wondering, why you won't do the football thing?" She said getting straight to the point.

"It's pointless" She hadn't been expecting a long answer.

"But it's helping the school" She persisted "Everyone else is going to go along with this whole charade, Anko sensei has forced all us girls into cheerleading. If I have to suffer you should too"

"Is that supposed to change my mind?"

"Maybe?" She said smiling bigger "Come on Neji!" she turned and walked backward so she could look directly at him. "Do you really want Naruto and Sasuke and Lee all to be better at you something"

"If it is something useless then it does not matter to me" Tenten sighed. She had one more idea.

"What if I promise not to bug you about participating in spirit week then will you play the stupid game" He finally was paying more attention.

"You told Lee to give up on that, why would you try now?"

"First off I have a way better chance then Lee and second I think you would rather just play the game then let me bug you all week long" she said putting emphasis on the last three words. He looked closely at her wondering why she was trying so hard. He finally did give in.

"Alright"

"Yay!" Tenten spun back around and skipped ahead of him to their next class.

Thanks for reading; hope you all enjoyed it next chapter may be up sooner because of thanksgiving break (maybe)

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